“Repent, Pray, and Do Something”
Sunday Morning June 05, 2011
scriptures: Acts 26, Matthew 25
keywords: Repentance, Satan, Sorrow, Works, Talent
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God is the power source. He sustains life.
Joplin, MO had a lot of devastation. God controls what may happen to
a person.
Acts 26: 16-20
v. 18. You should want God to open your eyes. Sometimes you don’t see the things that you should abouthow you are being. You can be under a cloud and not be able to see.
People aren’t just people but are controlled by either God or Satan.
What would cause somebody to take a baby and put them in the oven and harm them? You don’t think thatthere is a devil. What would want to make you not control your mouth? People continue to do evil stuff everyday- they lie, cheat and steal. The power of Satan is in this world.
You need forgiveness of sins.
If you realize that you have not been living for God then you need to change.
When you come to God you become part of an inheritance. You have a commonality with other people who are sanctified.
v.20 Repent. Are you truly sorrow not about just the action but about what caused the action- the heart, your character. Saying sorrow is not enough- there has to be a heart change. Then you must turn to God. Do works meet for repentance. If you are so sorry then do something. People who are truly sorrow want to make up for what they had done. Some people aren’t really sorrow but are depressed.
If you want to be better you have to do better. You are better in God when are doing the things of God. Matthew 25:15-30 What have you done with with God has given you? What have you done with your talents? Have you done anything with it? What is going to happen when God comes back and you have not really done much in God?